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The SPD provides numerous reports and statistics to keep the public informed, to provide necessary information to citizens and to enlist the assistance of citizens in finding criminals.
- Crash Reports: To obtain a copy of the accident report you can either:
- Request one in person Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm.
- Call 540.332.3856 Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm and request that one be sent by email to you.
- Email PoliceRecords@ci.staunton.va.us and request that one be sent to you by email. Allow 3 – 5 workdays to receive emailed responses.
- Go to CrashDocs.Org. The reports can take up to 5 business days to populate.
- Crime Maps: Get information about criminal activity in any Staunton neighborhood through a crimemapping service that pulls data from SPD records daily to show the most current information available.
- Crime Statistics: The latest crime and traffic collision statistics from the SPD. This report is produced on an annual basis.
- Daily News Reports: This daily listing of police logs is posted online every business day. The list summarizes criminal activity from the previous day.
- News Releases: News reports released to the media regarding police department activity, searches and arrests.
- Virginia Community Policing Act Collection Data: Beginning July 1, 2021, each time a law-enforcement officer stops a driver of a motor vehicle, stops and frisks a person based on reasonable suspicion, or temporarily detains a person during any other investigatory stop, such officer shall collect the following data based on the officer's observation or information provided to the officer by the driver:
(i) the race, ethnicity, age, gender of the person stopped, and whether the person stopped spoke English;(ii) the reason for the stop;(iii) the location of the stop;(iv) whether a warning, written citation, or summons was issued or whether any person was arrested;(v) if a warning, written citation, or summons was issued or an arrest was made, the warning provided, violation charged, or crime charged;(vi) whether the vehicle or any person was searched; and(vii) whether the law-enforcement officer used physical force against any person and whether any person used physical force against any officers.
